The approach of getting university resources for Wikipedians is a necessary one. I've asked the foundation to make JSTOR a priority for 5 years now. This year they responded: they explicitly dropped it from the strategic plan as too low a priority. And to get active Wikipedians to use existing library collections on their own account is probably even more difficult. But it is possible: the NYC chapter has had two good workshops with the NYPL, and two with the Princeton archives.
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Richard Jensen <rjen...@uic.edu> wrote: > Sadly I think this discussion demonstrates some hostility toward academe. > (here's a quote from yesterday addressed to me on this list: "...knowledge > robberbarons standing athwart history imagining they and their institutions > alone, had the requisite skills and expertise to engage in knowledge > production. Until they didn't. Enjoy your new neighbors in trash heap of > history." I would code his emotional tone as "hostile") > > Well it's always nice to see people citing the lessons of history, > especially since I'm a specialist in that sort of OR. But the underlying > hostility is a problem that bothers me a lot and I have been trying to think > of ways to bridge the gap. There is in operation a Wikimedia Foundation > Education program that is small and will not, in my opinion, scale up > easily to the size needed. In any case the Foundation plans to cut the > US-Canada program loose in 12 months to go its own way. see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group/Wikimedia_Foundation_Role > > My own thinking is currently along two lines: > > a) set up a highly visible Wiki prsence at scholarly conventions (in > multiple disciplines) with 1) Wiki people at booths to explain the secrets > of Wikipedia to interested academics and 2) hands-on workshops to show > professors how to integrate student projects into their classes. (and yes, > professors given paid time off to attend these conventions, often plus > travel money.) > > b) run a training program for experienced Wiki editors at a major research > library. (I'm thinking just of Wiki history editors here.) For those who > want it provide access to sources like JSTOR. Bring in historians covering > main historiographical themes. I think this could help hundreds of editors > find new topics, methods and sources that would lead to hundreds of > thousands of better edits. > > Richard Jensen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l -- David Goodman DGG at the enWP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DGG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
